New nuclear builds, SMR developments in Canada, Turkey, Philippines, Thailand ans.org

Canada and Turkey signed a strategic partnership covering civil nuclear cooperation, while AtkinsRéalis is studying whether its CANDU reactors could be built at Sinop; Prime Minister Mark Carney said Turkey has “good chances” of selecting the technology, though competitors remain. The Philippines may receive up to $5 billion in U.S. loans for nuclear development, and Thailand’s draft power plan targets its first 300-MW small reactor by 2037 and 9,000 MW of small-reactor capacity by 2050.